Strength & Conditioning

St. John Bosco's Strength and Conditioning Department is dedicated to the well-being and overall achievement of the student-athlete. The foundation of the program is centered around student-athlete accountability, discipline, work ethic, and durability. We believe to accomplish success, the athlete must believe and have trust in their program, putting forth maximum effort to accomplish shared goals. We provide our student-athletes with a program that progresses their physical and psychological abilities to remain resilient to injury and the physical and psychological ability to dominate in competition and strive to develop our athletes’ confidence and aid in the understanding that life spans beyond their sport.

Bosco Strength

Courses and Graduation Requirements
Facility

Courses and Graduation Requirements

5-credit Health and 15-credit PE requirements for graduation
All courses are 10 credits, UC-approved, and satisfy UC and Cal State application requirements unless otherwise indicated

Health

This is a semester-long course designed to bring comprehensive health awareness to the student. The course will cover seven major content areas of health education. Students will work individually and cooperatively to explore, analyze, and solve health related problems and issues. Positive lifelong health habits will be encouraged by development of conceptual knowledge and practical skills.

Strength and Conditioning

This course provides a framework of knowledge in athletic conditioning. It demonstrates an examination of exercise technique, program design, periodization, and the development of bio-motor abilities. Instruction methods for speed, agility, flexibility, plyometrics, and Olympic lifting are also included.

Advanced Strength and Conditioning

This course builds upon the framework of knowledge in athletic conditioning from the Strength and Conditioning course. Students demonstrate an advanced methodology of exercise technique, program design, periodization, and the development of bio-motor abilities. Students must be members of the Varsity team to enroll in this class. Second-semester seniors cannot take this course if the sport is no longer in season.

Facility

The St. John Bosco Strength and Conditioning facilities are designed to meet the diverse athletic needs of the student athletes on campus. The two weight room facilities on campus span over 4000 square feet of space to accommodate the large population of student athletes on campus. The two facilities boast 19 multi-purpose rack stations that can accommodate a wide variety of training modalities from Olympic lifting, powerlifting, plyometrics and speed training.

Strength and Conditioning Rooms are Equipped with:

Ten Rogue Squat Stand-Racks
- with ~500lbs of assorted weight plates (2.5-45lbs)
Nine TuffStuff Full Rack Stations
- with ~500lbs of assorted weight plates (2.5-45lbs)
Six Olympic Platforms equipped with Rubber Bumper Plates
Five Glute Ham Developers
Two full sets of Dumbbells
- Ranging from 15lbs to 130lbs
Suspension Trainers
Vertimax Jump Trainers
Twelve Rogue Plyo Boxes
Two Just Jump Mats
Six Rogue Hex Bars
20 pairs of Kettlebells (35-80lbs)
Ample Variety of Medicine Balls (2-35lbs)